Pilates Exercise: Slow Swimming for Hip Extension and Back Strength

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Swimming is a lot of fun in a pool, and a little more of a challenge out of the water on the mat in Pilates class. But practicing this exercise on the mat can really help improve strength in the back of the whole body from your arms, shoulders, and upper back, through the lower back and into the hips and legs.

Traditionally, this Pilates exercise is done quickly with the arms in an overhead position. But today, I'm going to share a version with you that keeps the arms low. This modified version of Pilates Swimming can help keep some of the tension out of the upper neck and shoulders, and train your muscles to fire more correctly when you walk and run.

This Matwork exercise works the Posterior Oblique System from the Hamstrings, Glutes, Low Back, and Lats, to train the X of support through the back of the body. Hip extension strength, and the whole-back-of-the-body-strength and awareness are a part of what keeps our body in-balance and injury free. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WngAOWZoyM

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